Starr, P. (1982). The social transformation of American medicine. New York, Basic Books.

Looking for Research Articles?

Start with these Electronic Resources/Databases

General

Academic Search Premier - a multidisciplinary resource with scholarly articles on a broad range of topics in sociology, including medical sociology.

Academic OneFile - another good resource with a variety of scholarly publications regarding medical sociology: journal articles, monographs, and book reviews.

Sage Journals Online – full text research database of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in many disciplines, including sociology. Search for articles, book reviews, and editorials in medical sociology.

Wiley Online Library - collection of online resources in many disciplines, including social and behavioral sciences; covers both books and journals; browse by subject or search by keywords.

Google Scholar - includes peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, articles, etc. Limited full text. Many full text links point to publisher's sites which sell access. Search it for your topic, and order the articles through the Oregon Tech Library. See these Search Tips to use this resource more efficiently.

Subject Specific

Social Sciences Abstracts - covers a wide range of interdisciplinary fields from social sciences journals. Relevant subjects include community health and medical care, ethics, family studies, gender studies, psychology, public welfare, social work, and sociology.

PsycINFO - main source of scholarly articles and empirical research in psychology and related disciplines. Includes articles from medical sociology-related journals.

MEDLINE - covers journals in all areas of biomedical sciences, including medical sociology.

Electronic journals in medical sociology

Looking for a book in medical sociology?

E-Books

Go to Electronic Books and select “Electronic Book Library” to search for books in medical sociology full-text online. Search by keyword or title. Or go to the Oregon Tech Library online catalog to find a wide collection of e-books.

Print Books

To find books and other items go to the Library online catalog. Use it to find materials in the Oregon Tech Library's collections and through the Summit. Summit provides access to materials from 37 academic libraries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho for Oregon Tech students, faculty and staff.

Try these Library of Congress call number ranges to find books on the shelf or in the Summit catalog:

HV687.5.U5 – Social Work Issues in Health Care

R730, R733 - Practice of Medicine, Medical Practice Economics

R835 - Medical Education, Medical Schools, Research

RA418 – Medicine and Society, Social Medicine, Medical Sociology

RA788.4 - Public Health, Hygiene, Preventive Medicine

RC49 - Psychosomatic Medicine

Selected Websites

Medical Sociology Guide - reference resource in the fields of medical sociology and medical anthropology, developed for students, professors, librarians, researchers, and health professionals. Includes selected bibliographic entries for print and electronic books, websites, and audiovisual materials arranged by topic. Lists of relevant journals, databases, academic programs, and professional organizations also are included.

Medical Sociology Online (MSo) - a free access, peer-reviewed journal of the British Sociological Association MedSoc Group, and a portal for news and information relating to medical sociology. Promotes the work of all sections of the medical sociology academic community, including postgraduate students and first time authors, as well as those established in the field. It publishes quality, peer-reviewed research articles, commentaries and book reviews in the field of medical sociology along with papers from the annual MedSoc Group Conference.